CHAPTER VII.—MR. WILLING PROMISES.
The girls were still sitting there half an hour later, when Jimmy Smith ran into them.
“Miss Shirley!” he cried eagerly, and approached with outstretched hand. “Mr. Willing told me you were back, and I have been hunting all over the place for you.”
He turned to Mabel.
“And how are you, Miss Mabel?” he asked.
Both girls returned his greeting cordially, not showing in any way that they knew of his talk with the stranger.
“We are so glad to be back, Jimmy,” said Shirley.
“Have you seen Gabriel yet?” asked Jimmy. “He has been wanting to see you.”
“How do you know that?” asked Mabel with a slight smile.
“Why, he told me so.”